She added: "I mean, he's reading the papers. He does watch a lot of television; he admits that. He watches tons of news; he watches probably every cable news channel during the day, and you can make what you want of that."

MacCallum and Howie Kurtz. Fox News/YouTube

"But speaking to members of Congress, reacting to policy, calling people, to me it sounds like he's sitting in the residence doing similar work to what he might be doing in the Oval Office," she said.

MacCallum said this was the president's own take on the modern culture of working remotely.

"I think a lot of Americans sort of understand that the lifestyle has kind of changed in the world in terms of where people do their work," she said.

In the White House residence Trump is often watching TV, tweeting, reading the news, and making phone calls to various foreign leaders and political allies, sources told Axios.

Kurtz said: "Who cares how he runs his schedule, as long as he gets things done?"

Trump on the phone with the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, January 29, 2017.Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Trump's director of Oval Office Operations, Madeleine Westerhout, tweeted: "What a disgraceful breach of trust to leak schedules. What these don't show are the hundreds of calls and meetings @realDonaldTrump takes everyday.

"This POTUS is working harder for the American people than anyone in recent history."

The White House does publish a public version of the president's schedule, which differs from the one obtained by Axios.

INSIDER previously reported Trump will often pick up the phone and call members of Congress in the middle of the day, especially if he has just seen their face on television.

It has also been widely reported that Trump consults with informal advisers such as Fox News host Sean Hannity.

In response to the Axios leak, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said this situation allows for "a more creative environment that has helped make him the most productive President in modern history."

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